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As a rule, are prepaid cellphones a better deal than contract phones?
I know that the 2-year contract allows the provider to offer the phone for a rock-bottom price or even free in some instances, but which would be your best option if you're a minimal cell-phone user?
As a rule, are prepaid cellphones a better deal than contract phones?
I know that the 2-year contract allows the provider to offer the phone for a rock-bottom price or even free in some instances, but which would be your best option if you're a minimal cell-phone user?
For a minimal user, prepaid is a much better deal.
As a rule, are prepaid cellphones a better deal than contract phones?
I know that the 2-year contract allows the provider to offer the phone for a rock-bottom price or even free in some instances, but which would be your best option if you're a minimal cell-phone user?
Go to ting.com. Pay as you go, but about 1/5 the price of most pay as you go providers.
I've had damn near every carrier, most of them are crappy and overpriced. And the free phones aren't free, you pay for them in the form of higher monthly rates.
It also depends on when you do most of your calling. Some plans give you free minutes weekends and evenings. Sprint's starts at 7pm, and you can pay five dollars to make that six. If you don't make a lot of calls during the day, this can make your plan a lot cheaper than a prepaid.
And the round off on a minute in a lot of prepaid is ... a minute. A one second call adds up to a minute. The other party hangs up and your phone has a delay. Check the policy on this before you buy. You make a lot of calls you may eat up a lot of those minutes not even using your phone.
It also depends on when you do most of your calling. Some plans give you free minutes weekends and evenings. Sprint's starts at 7pm, and you can pay five dollars to make that six. If you don't make a lot of calls during the day, this can make your plan a lot cheaper than a prepaid.
That's on the way out these days though, everyone's pushing unlimited talk and text besides the smaller pay as you go providers. Data is where the real money is now.
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